Page 5 - 13 Steps to Christ-Rejoicing in the Lord

Satan is exultant when he can lead the

children of God into unbelief and

despondency. He delights to see us

mistrusting God, doubting His willingness

and power to save us. He loves to have us feel

that the Lord will do us harm by His

providences. It is the work of Satan to

represent the Lord as lacking in compassion

and pity. He misstates the truth in regard to

Him. He fills the imagination with false ideas

concerning God; and instead of dwelling upon

the truth in regard to our heavenly Father,

we too often fix our minds upon the

misrepresentations of Satan and dishonor

God by distrusting Him and murmuring

against Him. Satan ever seeks to make the

religious life one of gloom. He desires it to

appear toilsome and difficult; and when the

Christian presents in his own life this view of

religion, he is, through his unbelief,

seconding the falsehood of Satan.